intermission

intermission is a 12-letter English word with 6 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act or the state of intermitting; the state of being neglected or disused; disuse; discontinuance. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

12 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 17 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The act or the state of intermitting; the state of being neglected or disused; disuse; discontinuance.
2. noun. Cessation for a time; an intervening period of time; an interval; a temporary pause; as, to labor without intermission; an intermission of ten minutes.
3. noun. The temporary cessation or subsidence of a fever; the space of time between the paroxysms of a disease. Intermission is an entire cessation, as distinguished from remission, or abatement of fever.
4. noun. Intervention; interposition.
5. noun. the act of suspending activity temporarily
6. noun. a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something

   Synonyms: break, interruption, pause, suspension

Synonyms

break, interruption, pause, suspension

Common word forms

intermissions

Words from these letters

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